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Issue: Keen Detective Funnies #20
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #20 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/26/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The pay-record for this issue were used for credit identification. Records were kept by Lloyd Jacquet, head of "Funnies, Inc." who packaged this issue. Pay-record data provided by Robert Wiener.

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 451773.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Eye
Character(s): The Eye
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits confirmed by pay record.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Thomas
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas
Inker(s): Frank Thomas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Eye Sees
First Line: Our story opens near the bitter root mountain border...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Credits confirmed by pay record.
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Magnetic Mine Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Frances Campbell
Penciller(s): Harry Frances Campbell
Inker(s): Harry Frances Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dean Denton
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: duotone.
The pay-records state Harry Frances Campbell was paid for this work. Previous indexer thought it was the work of Tex Blaisdell.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sam Gilman
Penciller(s): Sam Gilman
Inker(s): Sam Gilman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dan Dennis- F.B.I.
First Line: Tick!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: duotone.
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How To Be an Amateur G-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Wood]
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Wood]
Inker(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Wood]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: duotone.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vic Pazmiño
Penciller(s): Vic Pazmiño
Inker(s): Vic Pazmiño
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vic Pazmiño ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): TNT Dodd- Ace G-Man
First Line: 'The One Thousand and One' is a vast organization...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: duotone.
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Detection Notes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Gilkison
Penciller(s): Terry Gilkison
Inker(s): Terry Gilkison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: credit from pay-record.
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Muddy Evidence

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Compton
Penciller(s): Harry Francis Campbell (1 illustration)
Inker(s): Harry Francis Campbell (1 illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: duotone.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claire S. Moe
Penciller(s): Claire S. Moe
Inker(s): Claire S. Moe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dean Masters, D.A.
First Line: That's a picture of Tony Disilver, Doc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: credits confirmed by pay records.
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Clever Clues

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Gilkison [as Terson]
Penciller(s): Terry Gilkison [as Terson]
Inker(s): Terry Gilkison [as Terson]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Puzzles.
Credits confirmed from pay-records.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lochlan Field
Penciller(s): Lochlan Field
Inker(s): Lochlan Field
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spy Hunters
First Line: Capt. Forsyth is still before the Maginot Line.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: duotone.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Thompson
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson
Inker(s): Ben Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Masked Marvel
First Line: A transport plane, loaded with passengers...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: credits confirmed by pay-sheet.
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Crime Crushers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Gilkison
Penciller(s): Terry Gilkison
Inker(s): Terry Gilkison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: text page.
creidts confirmed by pay-sheet.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Pearson
Penciller(s): Charles Pearson
Inker(s): Charles Pearson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spark O'Leary- Radio Newshawk
First Line: Spark has just been broadcasting...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: credits confirmed by pay-sheet.
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Bullets Have Fingerprints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph A. Kaliff
Penciller(s): Joseph A. Kaliff
Inker(s): Joseph A. Kaliff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: fact page.
Credits confrimed by pay-sheet.
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Amazing-Man

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett; Carl Burgos; Lew Glanzman; John F. Kolb
Inker(s): Bill Everett; Carl Burgos; Lew Glanzman; John F. Kolb
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amazing-Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back-cover: full-page ad for Amazing-Man.

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